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Wider Sumner Lab Papers

Lab members also publish work that doesn’t list Seirian Sumner as a co-author. Below is a selection of recent papers by current members, published during their time in the lab. For each person’s complete publication record — including work from before or after their time here — see their ORCID profile, linked from their own page.

Latest publications

  • Wyatt CD, Duarte Frutos F, Turner SD, De Araujo AC, Rashid U, Begley V, Sumner S 2026. nf-core/genomeqc: a best-practice pipeline for comparing genome and assembly quality. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.08.20.745971
  • Benny FE, Priyadarsanan DR 2026. New species of Elaphropoda Lieftinck, 1966 and Habropoda Smith, 1854 (Hymenoptera, Apidae) from Arunachal Pradesh, India. European Journal of Taxonomy, 1073. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2026.1073.3298
  • Broad GR, Cunningham-Eurich I, Crowley LM 2026. The genome sequence of an ichneumonid wasp, Dolichomitus mesocentrus (Gravenhorst, 1829) (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae). Wellcome Open Research, 11, 401. https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.26881.1
  • Mitchell R, Adams I, Broad GR 2026. The genome sequence of the solitary wasp, Nysson trimaculatus (Rossi, 1790) (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae). Wellcome Open Research, 11, 257. https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.26493.1
  • Mitchell R, Adams I, Broad GR 2026. The genome sequence of the solitary wasp, Lestiphorus bicinctus (Rossi, 1794) (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae). Wellcome Open Research, 11, 197. https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.26199.1
  • Cerqueira de Araujo A, Hajdušek O, Urbanová V, Šedivá T, Robbertse L, Titz A, Plantard O, Stahl Y, Mayer C, Perner J, Rispe C 2026. The Bacterial Kinase AnmK Integrates into Tick Genome and Biology. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.03.13.711553
  • Doyle TD, Jimenez‐Guri E, Barnes JC, Hannah C, Murray S, Wyatt CDR, Poole OM, Wotton KR 2025. Long‐range pollen transport across the North Sea: Insights from migratory hoverflies landing on a remote oil rig. Journal of Animal Ecology, 94(11), 2267-2281. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.70126
  • Sampaio Gonçalves D, Dulac L, Ritschka B, Rhinn M, Klein A, Wyatt CD, Irimia M, Keyes WM 2025. Senescent cells exhibit features of developmental signaling centres. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.10.30.685565
  • Taylor BA, Slater GP, Stolle E, Dorey J, Buchmann G, Oldroyd BP, Gloag R, Harpur BA 2025. Multi‐Omic Analysis Reveals Population Differentiation and Signatures of Social Evolution in Tetragonula Stingless Bees. Molecular Ecology, 34(13). https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.17823
  • Cunningham-Eurich I, Wentworth J 2025. Regenerative agriculture. Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology. https://doi.org/10.58248/pn748
  • Visick OD, Adams I, Marzano FS, Ratnieks FLW 2025. Effect of bark harvest intensity on the formation of cavities and other microhabitats in cork oaks (Quercus suber). European Journal of Forest Research, 144(3), 467-479. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10342-025-01770-9
  • Visick OD, Adams I, Ney P, Marzano FS, Ratnieks FLW 2024. Do nest sites limit wild honey bee colonies? Decoding swarm waggle dances to assess nest site availability. Ecological Entomology, 49(6), 869-880. https://doi.org/10.1111/een.13361
  • Pienaar RD, Herrero S, de Araujo AC, Krupa F, Abd-Alla AMM, Herniou EA 2024. Optimization of screening methods leads to the discovery of new viruses in black soldier flies ( Hermetia illucens ). bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.08.27.609913
  • Broad GR, Cunningham-Eurich I 2024. The genome sequence of a braconid wasp, Aleiodes testaceus (Telenga, 1941). Wellcome Open Research, 9, 408. https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.22738.1
  • Ferreira HM, Alves DA, Cool L, Oi CA, Oliveira RC, Wenseleers T 2024. Toward greater realism in inclusive fitness models: the case of caste fate conflict in insect societies. Evolution Letters, 8(3), 387-396. https://doi.org/10.1093/evlett/qrad068
  • Taylor BA, Tembrock LR, Sankovitz M, Wilson TM, Looney C, Takahashi J, Gilligan TM, Smith-Pardo AH, Harpur BA 2024. Population genomics of the invasive Northern Giant Hornet Vespa mandarinia in North America and across its native range. Scientific Reports, 14(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-61534-0
  • Prato A, Fernando Santos E, Mendes Ferreira H, Akemi Oi C, Santos do Nascimento F, Rantala MJ, Krams I, Rodrigues de Souza A 2024. Immune response in paper wasp workers: Task matters more than age. Journal of Insect Physiology, 154, 104629. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinsphys.2024.104629
  • FEMI EB, RANJITH AP, PRIYADARSANAN DR 2024. Additions to the trigonalyid (Hymenoptera: Trigonalyidae) fauna of India with the description of a new species from south India. Zootaxa, 5419(2), 265-274. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5419.2.5
  • de Araujo AC, Noël B, Bretaudeau A, Labadie K, Boudet M, Tadrent N, Istace B, Kritli S, Cruaud C, Olaso R, Deleuze JF, Voordouw M, Hervet C, Plantard O, Zamoto-Niikura A, Chertemps T, Maïbèche M, Hilliou F, Goff GL, Chmelar J, Mazák V, Jmel MA, Kotsyfakis M, Medina JM, Hackenberg M, Šimo L, Koutroumpa FA, Wincker P, Kopacek P, Perner J, Aury JM, Rispe C 2024. Genome sequences of four Ixodes species expands understanding of tick evolution. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.02.29.581698
  • Stratford JE, Stratford FMW, Brown RL, Oi CA 2024. Nest visitors of Vespula wasps and their potential use for biological control in an invaded range. Journal of Pest Science, 97(1), 445-453. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10340-023-01643-3

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